Rachael A. Harrington

Rachael provides counsel to hospitals, medical staffs, and physician groups with a focus on bylaw and policy review and development, corrective action, medical staff credentialing and privileging, and fair hearing procedures. Rachael assists medical staffs in their corrective action and peer review processes and represents medical staffs in judicial review hearings. She also provides guidance on compliance with EMTALA and emergency department call panel policy and enforcement.

Rachael further provides legal advice to hospitals, medical staffs, physician groups, and providers on a range of legal issues including industry-specific laws related to state and federal reporting requirements, patient privacy rights, organized health care arrangements, and balance billing. Rachael represents her clients against regulatory agency investigations and assists in the navigation of document production and responding to regulatory subpoenas.

In addition, Rachael defends hospitals in whistleblower claims and litigation under Health and Safety Code section 1278.5, and defends health care facilities and workers subpoenaed in the capacity of third-party witnesses.

Prior to joining Procopio, Rachael practiced Common Interest Development Law, representing homeowner associations as general counsel. Rachael continues to provide legal advice on various matters related to association governance, board authority and procedure, governing document interpretation, CC&Rs enforcement and amendment, and homeowner disputes.